The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the
Merciful throughout India and Burmah,
Care of the members of the Spiritual Assembly.

Beloved co-workers in the Vineyard of God!

It has been my great pleasure and privilege to send you,
since my return to the Holy Land, first my general message of
confidence and of love addressed to all believers throughout the
East, and later another letter wherein I appeal in particular to
those faithful lovers of His Cause in that vast and distant dominion
to labour whole-heartedly and to the very end for the
diffusion of His Light and the spread of His Cause. Remembering,
however, the few among my friends in that land who are
as yet unfamiliar with the Persian Tongue, I have thought of
sending these few lines to them in particular and through them
to the rest of my brethren and sisters in those regions who, despite
the diversity of tongue, of race and custom are all united
at heart and animated by one common desire to uplift humanity
and carry out His Divine Purpose for this world.

What an alluring field of service India with all its possibilities
unfolds to our eyes at the present time and how vast are
the opportunities of sowing the seeds of unity and loving kindness
in the hearts of its divers peoples!

True, that land seems now unhappily to be plunged in the
darkness of prejudice, hate and mistrust, yet however dark the
immediate prospect may appear, our confidence remains unshaken
that ere long these mists shall clear away, the dawn of a
New Day shall break upon that land and the Rays of this Divine
Revelation shall make of India a spiritually-quickened, peaceful
and united country.
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The universal Teachings of Baha’u’llah if declared and propounded
with wisdom and judgement, determination, selflessness
and sincerity, and above all if exemplified in our lives and dealings
with our fellow-men, cannot fail to inspire and stimulate
the mind of the enlightened seeker and win the admiration and
allegiance of all mankind. Ours then is the duty and privilege to
bring to the attention of this distressed and war-weary world
this Message of Eternal Salvation and help to establish the Era
of Peace and Brotherhood as purposed and foretold by
Baha’u’llah.

The welcome news of the progress of the Third All-India
Baha’i Convention as well as the favourable comment made
upon it by the Press of that country have been fully shared with
the pilgrims and resident friends in the Holy Land and we have
all admired and rejoiced at the efforts you are exerting for the
consolidation of the Movement in that ancient land.

May your endeavours in every sphere of your spiritual activities
be crowned with brilliant success, that His glorious Promise
regarding the future of that land may be speedily fulfilled!

It is my earnest hope that “The Baha’i News”, the representative
organ of the Baha’i Community in India, may expand
and develop, may widen the sphere of its correspondence, add
to the number and quality of its articles in Persian as well as in
English, report regularly in its columns the news of the spiritual
activities of all Baha’i centres in India and elsewhere, and in
general provide for the full, correct and dignified presentation of
the Cause to the general public.

Assuring every one of you of my constant prayers on your
behalf and wishing you success in your noble task,